Beyond statistical significance: ranking transcription factor binding motifs by effect size
Coby Viner, Scott Mastromatteo, Danielle Denisko, Jeffrey Negrea, Yanbo Tang, Lin Zhang, Michael M. Hoffman, Lei Sun
The paper introduces effect size-based methods to rank transcription factor binding motifs, showing they outperform p-value rankings under heterogeneous sample sizes.
bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics